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Martino Ruggieri from Puglia wins two stars in Paris – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

MR: «The goal was to reach the top since we opened and we are happy: we are already thinking not only about how to maintain the second star, but also about how to improve. This is a stage in my career, and it is important that it has arrived for me, for the team (ten people in the kitchen and five in the dining room for around twenty seats), for the future, but having always cooked in large restaurants, including the three stars, allow me to say that if the recognition doesn’t arrive, either you worked badly or you didn’t learn anything. Having said that, immediately after celebrating we started asking ourselves questions about the location and our type of cuisine because we always have to question ourselves in order to improve.”

You worked alongside Yannick Alléno for eight years: do you owe him much?

MR: «Yes. I owe Alléno everything and on stage, during the awards ceremony, I thanked him by telling him “Merci chef”. He replied: “C’est bien, well done, celebrate with dignity”. And then he added: “Yes, I helped you, but you took the two stars.” Alléno taught me a lot, on a technical, professional and human level and also helped me to have the right people at my side in this entrepreneurial adventure. I am one chef patron (owner chef), I don’t have the money of big restaurants, no investors behind it, if the restaurant is full profit, otherwise not. And this recognition was also important for the speed with which we achieved it: it doesn’t happen so often and my colleagues in Tours also pointed this out to me.”

Do you miss not working alongside Alléno anymore?

MR: «I miss the daily comparison, yes, but I’m happy to have a place of my own. I think I took this step at the right time with the correct maturity, experience and age. In this journey it was important to find an identity different from that of Alléno because when you create a cuisine for many years alongside a chef like him you need to differentiate yourself.”

What is the identity of your cuisine?

MR: «It is certainly very creative: I use bitters a lot, I like contrasts, I create a cuisine based on technique and sauces. When you come to eat with us you eat from a chef and by this I mean that there is substance, nothing is superfluous, you don’t find trends. My Italian side is pushed into memories, not in the dishes, I could say in the Mediterranean to summarize the concept of a cuisine that is nevertheless French, courageous, powerful, strong. I’m proud to be Italian, but I don’t seek Italianness at all costs.”

Easter holidays: where to go (also) to eat very well – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

We have at least four days available for the Easter holidays: from Good Friday to Easter Monday. A long bridge perfect for picking up and leaving, for those who can do it, taking advantage of the mild spring air, the real one. At least, these are the forecasts given that Easter this year is – as they say – “high”: it arrives on March 31st. The best time of year to be outdoors: taking long walks among the cities of art, among the woods on the hills and in the mountains and maybe even at the seaside enjoying the first sun.

Easter holidays 2024: where to go

From here we started to do a selection of addresses throughout Italy where, in addition to all this, you have the certainty of eat very well: tenacious cuisine with typical regional products and recipes, such as that of the farmhouses, a great Easter classic, but also gourmet and starred cuisine. Because holidays are special, and it’s worth treating yourself to some luxury at the table if there’s an opportunity. Here are our proposals:

Easter holidays: where to go in Italy

Who is Andreas Caminada, the 3-star guest chef on MasterChef 13 – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

Let’s find out who he is Andreas Caminada, the special guest of the most important evening of the season, that is, the one in which the new Italian MasterChef will be elected. The challenge, tonight, is really down to the last course, between Antonio, Eleonora Michela and Sarathe aspiring chefs remaining in the competition.

Who is Andreas Caminada?

The Swiss chef, king of Swiss cuisinewith 3 Michelin stars (the third obtained at just 34 years old) and 19 Gault Millau points, is the owner of restaurant Schloss Schauensteinin Fürstenau, Switzerland, firmly in the rankings World’s 50 Best Restaurants. In the MasterChef final, the Swiss chef will be the protagonist of an «amarcord Mystery Box and an Invention Test of very high technical difficulty.

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Andreas Caminada, born on 6 May 1977 in Ilanz, not far from the small town (which permanently has only about ten inhabitants) where he opened his restaurant, has worked in some of the best restaurants in Switzerland, Austria and Canadaperfecting his skills (at the beginning especially in the preparation of desserts) and honing a unique style.

Then, however, he returned to his valleys and, in 2003, at the age of 26, he found an ancient abandoned castle and inaugurated his Schloss Schauenstein and the small hotel attached. And there he made Swiss cuisine shine. «Here there is an incredible variety of ingredients to rediscover, she explained in an interview. «Switzerland is a small country with an enormous wealth of foods as well as languages and cultures. Here is the best dairy production in the world. We have amazing butter, the best cheeses.”